Lancaster man charged with abduction

A Lancaster man has been charged with felony abduction, domestic violence and disrupting public services after preventing his wife and stepdaughter from leaving their home or calling for help Saturday, police said.

Officers responded to the 600 block of South Maple Street shortly before 5 a.m. Saturday after multiple 911 calls came into the Lancaster Police Department, according to a Lancaster police report.

A woman reported that she had a verbal argument with her husband, and after informing him she was calling police, her husband threw her against a wall, according to a Lancaster police report.

The woman told police she tried to get to the phone three times, but the man prevented her, the report said. At different points, the woman said she and her 12-year-old daughter attempted to leave the home but were stopped by the man, the report said.

The woman also said the man sat on her daughter and would not get up, the report said.

The woman said she attempted to leave the home for more than an hour, the report said.

The man was arrested and taken to the Fairfield County Jail. On Monday, Ernest L. Lee Jr., 50, of Lancaster, was charged with disrupting public service, a fourth-degree felony; two counts of abduction, third-degree felonies; and two counts of domestic violence, fourth-degree felonies, in the Fairfield County Municipal Court.

Lawson remains in jail on a $200,000.00 cash/surety bond.

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Lancaster man charged with abduction

A Lancaster man has been charged with felony abduction, domestic violence and disrupting public services after preventing his wife and stepdaughter from leaving their home or calling for help